śapha शफ śaphá m. ([L.] also n.; ifc. f(A). ; of doubtful derivation) a hoof (esp. the hoof of a horse), [RV.] &c. &c. an eighth (because of the divided hoofs of the cow; cf. pāda, a fourth), [RV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] a claw, [VS. xii, 4] a wooden implement formed like a claw or hook (for lifting an iron pot or pan from the fire), [Br.]; [Lāṭy.] Unguis Odoratus, [L.] (du., with vasiṣṭhasya) N. of two Sāmans, [KātyŚr.] śaphá n. the root of a tree, [L.] [cf. accord. to some, Germ. huof, Huf; Angl.Sax. hôf; Eng. hoof] śapharī शफरी f. a fish or a kind of fish (see pūti-ś°) ebony, [L.] śaphara शफर m. (ifc. f(A). ; also written saphara and said to be connected with śapha) Cyprinus Saphore (a kind of bright little fish that glistens when darting about in shallow water), [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Kathās.] &c. a carp or kind of large fish (that preys on other fish), [Kathās. cxxiii, 10] śaphari शफरि (prob.) m. a small fish, [Gal.] śaphaśas शफशस् śapha—śas ind. by eighths (see śapha above), [PañcavBr.] śaphavat शफवत् śaphá—vat (śaphá-), mfn. possessing hoofs or claws (n. a hoofed animal), [ib.] śapha—vat ind. like a hoof, [MW.] śapharīya शफरीय mfn. (fr. śaphara) g. utkarādi. śapharuka शफरुक m. a box, box-like receptacle, pot, [Hcar.] śaphacyuta शफच्युत śaphá—cyuta (śaphá-), mfn. tossed up by hoofs (as dust), [RV.] śaphagraha शफग्रह śapha—grahá m. the hoof or claw of an animal used as a kind of receptacle, [ŚBr.] śapharādhipa शफराधिप m. the fish Clupea Alosa (= illiśa), [L.] śaphararūpa शफररूप śaphara—rūpa n. the form of a carp or large fish, [BhP.]